Object-Oriented Database Systems: Promises, Reality, and Future.

Won Kim: Object-Oriented Database Systems: Promises, Reality, and Future. VLDB 1993: 676-687

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/Kim93,
  author    = {Won Kim},
  editor    = {Rakesh Agrawal and
               Se{\'a}n Baker and
               David A. Bell},
  title     = {Object-Oriented Database Systems: Promises, Reality, and Future},
  booktitle = {19th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, August
               24-27, 1993, Dublin, Ireland, Proceedings},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1993},
  isbn      = {1-55860-152-X},
  pages     = {676-687},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/Kim93.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/93},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

During the past decade, object-oriented technology has found its way into programming languages, user interfaces, databases, operating systems, expert systems, etc. Products labeled as object-oriented database systems have been in the market for several years, and vendors of relational database systems are now declaring that they will extend their products with object-oriented capabilities. A few vendors are now offering database systems that combine relational and object-oriented capabilities in one database system. Despite these activities, there are still many myths and much confusion about object-oriented database systems, relational systems extended with object-oriented capabilities, and even the necessities of such systems among users, trade journals, and even vendors. The objective of this paper is to review the promises of object-oriented database systems, examine the reality, and how their promises may be fulfilled through unification with the relational technology.

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